Coin-freed apparatus.



' No. 763,289. PATENTED JUNE 21, 1904.

' J. JOFEH.

COIN FREED APPARATUS.

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PATENTED JUNE 21, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JOFEH, OF WALTHAMSTOVV, ENGLAND.

COIN-FREED APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 763,289, dated June 21, 1904.

- Application filed July 14, 1902. Serial No. 115,560. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN JoEEI-I, engineer, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at 3 Cleveland Park avenue, W althamstow, in the county of Essex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Coin-Freed Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a new or improved form of coin-freed amusement or skill apparatus adaptable for use of one player or operator or for the simultaneous use of more than one player or operator, said apparatus being self-setting and provided with means for delivering a prize to the successful player or operator.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the apparatus mounted in a glazed case. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan of the tracks. Fig. 4 is a modified construction and arrangement of a portion of the apparatus. Fig. 5 is a modification of coin-controlling device. side view of a portion of Fig. 2 on the line A A. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a coin-operated releasing device. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the coin-delivering mechanism.

According to my invention 1 mount in a suitable glazed case a a pictorial scene, preferably depicting a straight or curved hill or incline, up which one or more figures, cyclists, or motor-carriages or other moving objects, such as b, are propelled.

By way of example I will describe my invention as applied to two bicyclists arranged to climb a hill and operated by two players. I lit a pair of inclined bars or rods 0 behind Y the scene and mount upon each a suitable carff and their spindles are revolved.

riage (Z, to which a model of a bicyclist I) is connected. At the upper end of the inclined bars 0 I fit a spindle c, with pulleys c mounted thereupon.

f f are bucket-wheels or turbines or the like fixed to spindles g g, and it it are jets connected by rubber or other pipe 2' to external mouthpieces, as 71:, Fig. 1, so that on the operators blowing into said tubes the turbines Cords or the like 8 s are attached to the spindles g g and also to the carriages (Z (Z, before men- Fig. 6 is a sectional tioned, passing over the pulleys 0', whereby as the cords are wound up the bicycles are drawn up the incline.

Each operator inserts a coin in his respective slot in the case and each coin passes down a chute, from the end of which it falls into its respective coin-receptacle Z, which may be integral with said carriage, as in Fig. 2. or pivoted thereto, as in Fig. 5. The front of said coin-receptacle is open, and in the case of Figst2 and 3 the bottom is recessed to re ceive apinm, (which projects into both coinreceptacles Z, as shown in Fig. 7,) attached to a weighted lever n, so that unless a coin is inserted into both coin-receptacles, whereby to disengage the lever, the carriage cannot be moved up the incline. In Fig. 5 the weight of the coin depresses the receptacle ZbeloW the end or edge of the bar or' rod 0, and so releases the carriage.

Under the inclined bar or rod 0 I fit a correspondingly-inclined table 0, Fig. 2, upon which the coin rolls Within the coin-receptacle Z as it travels up the incline. At a suitable position on said table I fit a short inclined plane or ratchet-tooth, such as at 0, so arranged that the coin in rolling up the inclined table rises over said tooth; but should the operator not succeed in causing the figure to travel to the top) of the hill the return movement (by gravity of the tooth, retaining it until the coin-receptacle has descended, when the coin drops into the money-box. In some cases more than one tooth or short inclined plane may be fitted on the table. Similarly in the case of the receptacle being pivoted to the carriage, as in Fig. 5, the same effect is produced by pins or studs 0, attached to the rod or bar a.

If the apparatus is made for only one operator and he succeeds in gaining the top of the hill, the coin falls from the upper end of the inclined table into a chute, from which it falls into an external tray or is caused to deliver a prize or a check. In the case of two operators the coins are controlled as hereinafter described.

The roadway may be provided with one or more obstacles-such as a model of a revolving windmill, turnstile, opening and shutting brings the coin against the vertical side gates, skipping-rope, or a model of a policeman waving his arms, as shown at p-the motion being transmitted thereto by the falling coin with or without intermediate power mechanism or by the force applied by the operator, the latter case being shown in Figs. 2 and 6 of the drawings.

The figure p, which is hollow, is fixed between the two tracks 0 and is provided with arms 7), pivoted at p and connected by rods or wires 19 to a pair of independent crankspindles q q. The latter carry pulleys r r and are supported in suitable bearings. The cords a are passed over said pulleys 9' r, so that on the bucket-wheel being revolved the pulleys '1' v" are also revolved, and thus cause the arms 7) to move up and down. The bicyclists 7) are blocked when the arms are up, and the players have consequently to judge the pace and opportunity for passing the obstacle. It will be understood that the position of the arms p relatively to the carriages is variable, according to the force applied by the operators, the cords slipping occasionally upon the said pulleys.

The propelling force may be arranged to rotate a wheel or wheels of and so propel the model vehicle. In the case shown in Fig. 4 the spindle of one of the wheels t is extended through a slot to the back of the scene and is connected with a bucket or turbine wheel f, which is carried by the wheels t, the air-jet h being connected with the mouthpiece by means of flexible tubing 71', or the propulsion may be effected by winding acord s upon the spindle of the bucket-wheel f, as indicated by the dotted lines.

In order to allow of the delivery of the coin to the successful player or operator where two participate in a race or contest, I provide two sets of slots arranged in a cruciform manner, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, two being losing slots a, leading into the till or money-box, and two being winning slots v, leading to a delivery spout or apparatus. A double coin-carrier w is pivoted at the center of the cross-slots, so that when one end or the other is moved by the winning figure or moving object one coin is returned to the winner (or a check or goods delivered) and the other coin is precipitated into the till. The double coin-carrier w is arranged to be self-acting after use (by means of a tail-spring w or other device) and is, as will be understood, situated at the lower end of a twin coin-chute, such as 0 Figs. 2 and 3. The double coin-carrier w is connected with any suitable trigger mechanism or other device located in the path of the moving object, so that whichever object arrives at the top first depresses or pushes aside or otherwise operates the connection. with a coin-carrier w to bring the latter opposite the chutes u and 0).

I claim 1. Ina coin-freed lung-testing apparatus,

the combination with an air-tube, of a bucketwheel or turbine adapted to be revolved by blowing through said tube, a flexible medium operatively connected to said bucket-wheel and adapted to be wound up thereby, an inclined track, a carriage mounted upon said track and connected to said flexible medium, a coin-carrier attached to said carriage, locking mechanism normally preventing movement of said carriage and adapted to be freed from engagement therewith by the insertion of a coin in said carrier, and means whereby the coin is removed from said carrier by the return downward movement of said carriage, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with an inclined track provided with a carriage adapted to travel thereon, and means for drawing the carriage up said track, of a pivoted coin-carrier upon said carriage adapted to lock the same against movement and to release the carriage upon the insertion of a coin in said carrier, projections upon the under side of said track against and over which the coin is caused to travel in its carrier one or the other of said projections being adapted to dislodge the coin from the said carrier upon a return or downward movement of the carriage over said track and to permit the coin to fall and said coin-carrier being adapted to engage with one or the other of said projections to prevent further upward movement of the carriage.

3. The combination with an inclined track provided with a carriage adapted to travel thereon and means for drawing the carriage up the track of the coin-carrier integral with said carriage, an inclined fixed table arranged beneath said carrier in the line of movement of the carriage and adapted to support the coin in said carrier, said table having a projection adapted to dislodge the coin from said carrier upon a downward movement of the carriage, and means for locking the carriage and adapted to be disengaged therefrom upon the insertion of a coin in said carrier.

at. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with an air-pipe and an inclined track, of a model vehicle adapted to travel over said track, a carriage or frame suspended therefrom, a flexible tube attached to said carriage or frame and connected with said air-pipe, a bucket-Wheel or turbine mounted in said frame and adapted to be rotated by blowing through said air pipe and tube, means whereby the rotation of the bucket wheel causes the vehicle to travel up said inclined track, locking mechanism for normally preventing movement of said carriage and adapted to be operated to unlock the carriage on the insertion of a coin.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with an inclined track provided with apair of models adapted to be drawn over said track, an obstacle interposed in the path of each model and having a movable portion,

means 'for continuously operating the movable portion of said obstacle to cause it to intermittently block and free the path of said models, and locking mechanism adapted normally to prevent movement of said models and adapted to be released from engagement therewith upon the insertion of a coin.

6. In a coin-freed lung-testing apparatus, a pair of coin-chutes, a double coin-carrier piv otally located at the lower end of said chutes and arranged to cooperate with the double set of openings provided below said double carrier, movable members adapted to be independently operated by blowing into the apparatus, means interposed in the path of said movable members for turning said carrier upon its path to discharge the coins inserted therein into one or the other of said double openings, one of said openings being arranged to deliver a coin falling through the same external to the apparatus, and means for resetting said double coin-carrier as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. r

JOHN J OFEH.

Witnesses:

HENRY JAooBsoN, G. S. JOHNSON. 

